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Piroplasmosis is a tick-borne protozoan disease that gives rise to jaundice and anaemia in affected animals. It is not readily contagious and has no zoonotic implications, but is a notifiable disease.

Meanwhile, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has ruled that all horses racing in Ireland must be vaccinated with an equine influenza vaccine containing a Clade 1 representative every six months, with effect from January 1, 2020.

This follows the equine influenza challenge which emerged in February.